The short answer
DaySmart Pet starts at $29/mo for a single user and rises by seat to $199/mo for six, with daycare and boarding calendars charged at $25/mo each on top and a surcharge if you do not use their payments. Plug N Play is $100/mo for 15 staff with nothing metered on top.
What DaySmart Pet charges
Per user, and metered on top: daycare and boarding calendars are $25/mo EACH, the website builder $15/mo, reputation management $49/mo. Every headline price also carries a $10–20/mo surcharge unless you process payments through them, so the cheapest tier is only cheapest if you also move your merchant account.
| Basic | $29/mo | 1 user — $39 without their payments |
| Deluxe | $69/mo | 3 users — $89 without their payments |
| Deluxe Growth | $149/mo | 3 users — $169 without their payments |
| Premium | $199/mo | 6 users — $219 without their payments |
| Premium Growth | Contact for pricing | unlimited users |
| Plug N Play Professional | $100/mo | 15 staff accounts, per business — not per user |
Read from DaySmart Pet's own pricing page on 2026-08-09. Prices change — check theirs before you decide, and tell us if this page is out of date. Their free trial: 14 days, no credit card required.
Where DaySmart Pet is the better choice
Reach and entry price. DaySmart is a large, long-established company with a wide product family, and $29/mo is a genuinely low door for a solo groomer. Their app store presence and support hours are bigger than ours.
Where Plug N Play is different
Nothing is metered. Fifteen staff, boarding and daycare calendars, the website and two-way texting are all in the $100/mo plan rather than four line items — and we never price you differently for using your own payment processor.
Side by side
Based on what each product lists publicly as of 2026-08-09. A blank is “not published”, not “bad at it”.
| Capability | Plug N Play | DaySmart Pet |
|---|---|---|
| Booking & scheduling | ||
| Invoicing & payments | ||
| Client portal / app | ||
| Two-way SMS | ||
| Business phone system | ||
| Staff email inboxes | ||
| CRM & sales pipeline | ||
| Training programs & progress | ||
| Client learning library | ||
| Contracts & e-signature | ||
| HR, scheduling & timesheets | ||
| Payroll | ||
| Website builder | ||
| Multi-location / franchise | ||
| Self-host / source access |
What switching actually involves
- 1You tell us what you run on now and what your week looks like.
- 2We build your workspace — services, staff, kennels, packages, forms — and import your clients, animals, vaccine records and history.
- 3You run both systems side by side for a couple of weeks. Nothing is cancelled until you say so.
- 4We move bookings across on a date you pick, and stay on the phone through the first busy weekend.
Common questions
Is Plug N Play cheaper than DaySmart Pet?
It depends on your size, and we will not pretend otherwise. Per user, and metered on top: daycare and boarding calendars are $25/mo EACH, the website builder $15/mo, reputation management $49/mo. Every headline price also carries a $10–20/mo surcharge unless you process payments through them, so the cheapest tier is only cheapest if you also move your merchant account. Plug N Play is $100/mo for up to 15 staff and $250/mo unlimited, per business. Small operations sometimes pay less elsewhere; teams and multi-location businesses almost always pay less here.
What does DaySmart Pet do better than Plug N Play?
Reach and entry price. DaySmart is a large, long-established company with a wide product family, and $29/mo is a genuinely low door for a solo groomer. Their app store presence and support hours are bigger than ours.
Can I move my data from DaySmart Pet to Plug N Play?
Yes — clients, animals, vaccine records, appointment history and open invoices. We do the import as part of setting you up, and you keep running on your current system until the new one is right.
How long does switching take?
Most businesses are taking real bookings within the first week. The 30-day trial exists so you can run both in parallel rather than jumping.
See your own business in it before you decide
We will set up a workspace with your clients and your schedule in it, free for 30 days, while you keep running on DaySmart Pet.